People Are Always Talking About The Dumbing

[the Universe Is] Haphazard, Morally Neutral, And Unimaginably Violent.

During The Course Of The Year A Number Of Ideas Just Come Up Automatically. I Could Be Walking Down The Street. Or Shaving. An Idea Will Hit Me And I'll Write It Down. Then, When I'm Ready To Write, I Check My Little Matchbooks And Napkins And Find That It Is Good Or It's Pretty Terrible. There Are Other Times When I Don't Have Any Ideas And I'll Go Into A Room And Close The Door And I Sit And Sweat It Out For A Day Or A Month And Eventually I Come Up With [something].

The Most Important Words In The English Language Are Not 'i Love You' But 'it's Benign.'

The Universe Is Merely A Fleeting Idea In God's Mind -- A Pretty Uncomfortable Thought, Particularly If You've Just Made A Down Payment On A House.

The Difference Between Sex And Death Is, Death You Can Do Alone And Nobody Laughs At You.